Allegra Mayer (Gunn High School, Palo Alto; Northwestern)

Allegra Mayer

Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Palo Alto, Calif.

High School:
Henry M. Gunn

Height:
5-5







High School: Four-time qualifier for California Cross Country Championship ... Received All-Central Coast Section honors and all-league honors three times in her career ... Three-time Gunn High School MVP and two-year captain ... Ran a personal-best 18:52 5K time at the California state meet ... Also a four-year letterwinner in track where she placed 15th in the 3,200-meter race for the entire state of California ... Personal-best time in 3,200 is 10:57 ... Received All-Central Coast Section recognition for two-mile her junior and senior seasons ... Helped her cross country squad qualify for state meet in three consecutive seasons and win the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League title in 2007 ... Named a National Merit Scholar.

Personal: Born Allegra Christine Mayer ... Daughter of Kevin Mayer and Barbara Zimmer ... Mother competed in U.S. Olympic Trials marathon in 1984 and 1988 ... Chose Northwestern over Williams, Brown, UC San Diego, UCLA and UC Berkeley ... Major is undecided.

Courtesy Northwestern